Raju found a bryophyllum growing in a nearby ground. He cut off a piece of stem from it and planted it in his garden. But even after a few days, the plant didn't seem to grow. Why do you think that happened?

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Vegetative propagation is the method of producing a new plant from the vegetative parts of the plant i.e. leaves, stem and roots. In bryophyllum, vegetative propagation takes place through leaves. The leaf in the bryophyllum plant is broad and has notches at its margins.Buds produced in the notches along the leaf margin of bryophyllum fall on the soil and develop into
new plants.

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